Browse Items (43 total)
Identification card
This card identifies Asterio Lopez Leon as a chauffeur in Hermosillo, Sonora on January 11, 1963.
Tags: 1963, driver, Hermosillo, Identification Card, Leon, Lopez, Mexico, Sonora
Newspaper Article
This article clipping states that Mexican officials have decided to give ex-braceros 100,000 pesos and not 38,000 as originally stated. The article was printed in "La Voz de la Frontera" on April 28, 2006.
Newspaper Article
The photo's caption states that members of the organization, Alianza Bracero Proa, once again, gather in protest at Government Center. They are fighting for the money that was taken from their salary in the United States. The United States government…
Newspaper Article
This article clipping is about a protest Alianza Bracero Proa held in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. The article was published on April 22, 2006.
Newspaper Article
This article clipping explains that even though a year has passed since the ex-braceros began to organize, there has been no movement forward for them to receive any compensation. It also states that braceros from Puebla remember the Battle of Puebla…
Newspaper Article
This newspaper clipping states that braceros did not wish many government officials a Merry Christmas. They are disappointed with the fact that Mexican federal government only offered the braceros 38,000 pesos in compensation for back wages. They say…
Tags: 000 pesos, 10%, 100, 2005, 38, back wages, Baja California, Mexicali, Mexico, newspaper article, protests, Quintero
Newspaper Article
This newspaper clipping is of ex-braceros marching down the streets of Mexicali asking to receive $100,000 per capita because of back wages.
Money order receipts
Money order receipts sent by M. Gonzalez between 1948 and 1950. The top and bottom money orders were sent to Sra. Francisca Rodriguez (1950); the middle money order was sent to Benito Patino (1948).
Money order receipts
Money order receipts sent by M. Gonzalez between 1948 and 1950. The top money order was sent to Sra. Rosario de Velasco (1950?). The middle and bottom money orders were sent to Francisca Rodriguez (1948, 1949).